Global open access initiative SCOAP3 set to continue

CERN’s announcement on the continuation of SCOAP3.

What it anchors

• A partnership of over 3,000 libraries, funding agencies and research organisations from 44 countries, hosted at CERN under international governance.
• Funded by redirecting library subscription budgets into open access publishing, rather than new money.
• Over 70,000 articles published open access across 11 particle physics journals; an Open Science Mechanism financially incentivising publishers’ open-science practices from January 2025.